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The Great Gatsby [Annotated] by F. Scott Fitzgerald

179 reviews

faith99's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Classism

Moderate: Grief, Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Murder

nataliapassos's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Car accident, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Murder

seapotatohowisitalrtaken's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Alcohol

hayleyvem's review against another edition

3.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

3.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Sexism, Car accident, Murder

lizkocher's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Car accident

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Grief, Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse

ethwen's review against another edition

3.25

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The story of a mass of toxic characters, being observed by Carraway- it’s impressively written, well ahead of its time. The narration was wonderfully crafted and Fitzgerald truly has a way with writing that makes it sombre, even without referencing much to Carraway’s own emotions as the novel unfolded.

For such a short book though, it started off really slow and the build-up to the climax was slow too. 

I don’t really think Fitzgerald wrote with the intention to flesh out the characters, there is a lack of backstory to all of them except Gatsby. As much as I hated Daisy and Tom, Carraway was ostensibly acquainted with them yet didn’t have much to say about them. The dialogues were confusing at times too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism

kennycaw's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Car accident

katharinaamaliae's review against another edition

4.25

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racial slurs

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

3.75

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Car accident, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Murder

Minor: War